COLLECTION #109: Souvenir Books from California

 
Some fun items from my ephemera collection, these are all from California.

The oldest is the brochure from San Francisco, published in 1914. It's hard to believe from seeing all of the beautiful buildings, that this was only 8 years after the devistating earthquake of 1906.

I have two booklets from Knotts Berry Farm. The older of the two was published in the 1940s, and the later one is from the late '50s. The funny thing about Knotts, is that I never visited there until I was married. The reason for that was because I was such a Disneyland loyalist, I refused to "waste" my time at Knotts. Actually, Knott's Berry Farm is a lot of fun and I've enjoyed my few visits.

The Los Angeles Farmer's Market is an LA institution. It was establishes as a real farmers market in 1933, and has morphed into a wonderful place to eat, shop, sightsee and just browse. It hasn't lost any of its charm or ambiance.

My souvenir from Farmer's Market was published in the mid-'40s.

 My book from Disneyland was published in the mid-60s. It's fun to read about the 'new' rides near completion- Pirates of the Carribean and the Haunted Mansion.

COLLECTION #75: View-Master

Here's my View-Master Model C (1946-1955) viewer and a bunch of fun View-Master reels. I have everything from boring travel, (Shenandoah National Park, the Adirondacks) to my favorite TV shows- (Rin Tin Tin, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) to fabulous animations & models of cartoons and Disney movies- (the Flintstones, Robin Hood, Bugs Bunny, Sleeping Beauty, and coolest of all: Disneyland!)

I wish I could photograph the actual images, they are so much fun to look at!  You might enjoy this little blog entry about some fascinating photos and facts about the View-Master images.